How to Draw Gary the Snail

So, here is a fascinating step-by-step guide on how to draw Gary the snail. This is SpongeBob’s pet in SpongeBob SquarePants. Snail Gary has cat habits. She meows, rubs against the owner and sometimes shows aggression.

Snail Gary looks very unusual. It has a tall, oval-shaped shell, long eye antennae, and large, round eyes. Carefully draw all the lines that are marked in red and keep the proportions to get a great result.

Step 1: Sketch Gary the Snail’s basic form

Use light lines to mark Gary’s long lower body and curved head. Extend two narrow guides upward for the eye stalks, then place a circle at the end of each stalk for the eyes.

Step 2: Add the large cartoon snail shell

Behind Gary’s head, sketch the shell as a large rounded form that rises above the body. Keep the outer contour smooth and connect its lower edge naturally to the cartoon snail’s back.

Step 3: Draw Gary the Snail’s first eye

Trace the first circular eye more clearly over its guide. Inside it, draw the eyeball with a smaller iris and a dark round pupil placed near the center.

Step 4: Complete the snail’s second eye

Define the second eye with another rounded outline. Add the iris and pupil inside it, matching the construction of the first eye while keeping both pupils directed toward the same side.

Step 5: Form Gary’s first eye stalk

Build the first eye stalk around its guideline using two gently curved sides. Make it wider where it joins the eye and head, while leaving the middle section slightly narrower.

Step 6: Shape the snail’s second eye stalk

Outline the other eye stalk around the remaining guide. Repeat the tapered shape, connecting the upper end to the eye and the lower end to Gary’s head with smooth rounded transitions.

Step 7: Define Gary the Snail’s body

Replace the lower guide with smooth, wavy contours to form Gary’s head, neck, and long foot. Add the raised front edge and the uneven lower line characteristic of the SpongeBob snail.

Step 8: Refine the cartoon shell outline

Trace the shell over the initial sketch and give it a clean, rounded contour. Shape the lower edge where it rests on Gary’s back, preserving the broad oval silhouette of the shell.

Step 9: Add the shell pattern and body details

Draw a bold spiral across the shell and surround it with several oval spots. Add a long wavy stripe near the bottom of Gary’s body to separate the blue upper section from the lighter foot.

Step 10: Clean up the Gary the Snail drawing

Erase the original guides inside the eyes, stalks, body, and shell. Smooth the remaining contours and clarify the spiral, spots, pupils, and lower body line to complete the cartoon outline.

Step 11: Color Gary the Snail

Color Gary’s body light blue and use pale green along the lower edge. Make the shell pink with a red spiral and purple spots, then add green irises, red pupils, and dark outlines.

Now you have completed all the steps in this tutorial to learn how to draw Gary the snail. Continue with another Bikini Bottom character by drawing SpongeBob.

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